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Pale Waves

Dream pop
Dream popIndie rockSynth-pop

Pale Waves is a Dream pop and Indie rock act. Their catalogue also touches Synth-pop. Their sound grew out of Courtney Love, Liz Phair, Beach Weather, The 1975 and The Blue Nile. Those roots explain a lot about how Pale Waves arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as MUNA, LØLØ, Against the Current, The Regrettes and Sea Girls, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into swim school and South Arcade, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Pale Waves, reaching back through Courtney Love and forward to swim school. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Pale WavesCourtney LoveLiz PhairBeach WeatherThe 1975The Blue NilePrinceThe CranberriesCocteau Twinsswim schoolSouth ArcadeMUNALØLØAgainst the CurrentThe RegrettesSea GirlsMaggie LindemannChloe MoriondoMaggie Rogers

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Pale Waves connections

Pale Waves grew out of Courtney Love, Liz Phair, Beach Weather and The 1975, shares an orbit with MUNA, LØLØ, Against the Current and The Regrettes, went on to shape swim school and South Arcade. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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